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TIL that the country of Macedonia changed its named to North Macedonia in 2019

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8eJZK Today I learned that the moon changes its distance from Earth by about 3.3 times the diameter of the Earth (~42,500km)
NbBe TIL An experiment on worms survived the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and their descendents were flown to the space station in 2011 by Space Shuttle Endeavor.
yVbgX TIL there's a new metabolic surgery that mitigates the effects of diabetes in patients that is being done in Mexico (Surgery does not cure diabetes but it does control it.)
0dR1L TIL during Nicolae Ceaușescu’s capture, he secretly wore a clip that was meant to transmit his position to his security force; unbeknownst to him, the signals were blocked by the armored vehicle he and his wife were in. Help never came, and they were soon executed.
7NGP TIL the phrase “By and large” has a naval origin, meaning a ship that can sail by (nearly against) the wind, and large (with a backing wind) - i.e. “it’s a good ship, by and large.”